| Valdes, Chucho / New Conceptions |
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| Album: | New Conceptions | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Valdes, Chucho | Added: | Dec 2003 | |
| Label: | Blue Note | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2003-12-08 | Pull Date: | 2004-02-09 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Feb 1 | Jan 18 | Dec 21 | Dec 14 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 25, 2006: | In Pluto We Trust Solar | 4. | Jan 30, 2004: | No Cover, No Minimum You Don't Know What Love Is | |
| 2. | Dec 03, 2004: | No Cover, No Minimum - Favorites of 2004, Part 1 Los Guiros | 5. | Jan 16, 2004: | Memory Select Solar | |
| 3. | Jan 30, 2004: | Memory Select La Comparasa | 6. | Jan 16, 2004: | No Cover, No Minimum Los Guiros |
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2003-12-14 | ||
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Mainstream piano jazz with a Latin feel. Valdes is an adept soloist who infuses a playful personality into the music while also really ripping it up. 1- Midtempo Latin chugger. Gets into some manic soloing. 2- Quasi-sinister vamp; goes through romantic phases and wild phases 3- Fun stuff: Rolling, mid/fast gentle. With some Spanish monologue and a Brubeck quote 4- Soft piano solo 5- Fast and relaxed. Includes some flashy unaccompanied piano 6- Fast tangly theme into slower blues/Latin walk 7- Ellingtonian swing, Latin style. Includes a mad percussion break. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | La Comparasa | 4. | Nanu | |||
| 2. | You Don't Know What Love Is | 5. | Solar | |||
| 3. | Los Guiros | 6. | Sin Clave Pero Con Swing | |||
| 7. | Homenaje a Ellington | |||||